NEWS
ancillary services, says Sungrow
developers have an opportunity to take advantage of new
Battery storage
The UK’s dustbins could hold the answer to decarbonising the heat sector with affordable biogas. That’s the suggestion from
Energy storage investors must have their projects in
the ground by June 2018 at the latest if they are to take advantage of the lucrative new ancillary services market set to be implemented by National Grid, reports Sungrow’s European managing director. The Chinese PV inverter supplier and system integrator,
which has a partnership to deploy Samsung SDI batteries in stationary storage installations, has said that the UK sector is awash with investors, funds and other financial backers seeking to position themselves ahead of the new tranche of products currently under development by National Grid, as well as future capacity market auctions. Stephen Wang recently explained that the company is expecting that a mixture of services within the current market – including Triad and grid services like FFR and EFR, worth a considerable amount in isolation – will be combined into single grid service auctions. Wang added that the market is expecting this mixture of services to offer an internal rate of return between 16.8- 21.7%, making it a considerably lucrative – and competi- tive – market, even compared to the current competitive activity across the varying, isolated service auctions. He said this potential had already attracted a range of international investors and funding companies, with “big players” in China also seeking to get involved. Sungrow is therefore seeking to make contact with investors and funds looking to deploy storage, particularly as the company reserved 2GWh-worth of raw materials at the start of the year in conjunction with battery provider, Samsung SDI. With shortages in these materials reported in a number
of markets, Sungrow can offer the majority of customers satisfactory delivery of batteries thanks to this move at the beginning of the financial year. However, a small number – around 20% – of projects could have to wait at least three months and as long as six for more materials to become available. This is due to the increased demand for battery projects heading into winter, when storage units need to be in place to catch Triad periods and follow up on pre-qualification applications to the next capacity market auctions in early 2018. With the UK market set to become an even more compelling arena for large scale storage, Sungrow is therefore calling on the investment community to move quickly and position themselves for the new financial opportunities to come.
gas distribution network Cadent, formerly National Grid, which has suggested waste from the nation’s homes, farms, sewage and food could generate enough sustainable fuel to keep between seven and 15 million homes warm each year. There are currently more
than 80 biogas plants con- nected to Britain’s gas net- work, where these feedstocks are now fermented to create
biomethane.The new report indicates that - with the right support - production of the gas could grow substantially over the next 30 years and help save billions of pounds compared to relying on only electricity to heat homes and workplaces. It suggests this could mean savings of more than £10,000 per customer between now and 2050. In 2015, more than 15 million tonnes of waste were sent to landfill or exported to Europe. In the future this could instead be diverted to renewable gas production.
Green gas from UK bins could decarbonise heat?
David Parkin, Cadent’s Director of Network Strategy, said: “In its Clean Growth Strategy, the government indicated that it would be exploring the potential of renewable gas and we are keen to work with them on this.
place, renewable gas could play a significant role in help- ing the UK meet its carbon reduction targets, particularly in heat and transport, which are lagging behind electricity Biomethane production
eliminates the release of a great deal of methane and other harmful gases into the atmosphere. This is due to the fact that its production eliminates exposure of the decomposing organic matter to the air which prevents methane and other gases from escaping into the atmosphere. Since biomethane is
“With the right policies in
chemically identical to natural gas, it can be used for the same applications as natural gas. It can be used for electricity generation, water heating, space heating, cooking as well as to fuel vehicles.
New £412k project to develop online flexible power trading hub
help distribution network operators (DNOs) play an active role in managing local smart grids as the growth of distributed renewable generation, storage and electric vehicles will have a big impact on the local power network. It will enable DNOs to transition to distribution system operators (DSOs) and procure customer flexibility to reduce “congestion” at specific times and locations on the grid. Open Utility believes the tendering process for procuring their flexibility will need to be fully automated to ensure they can operate efficiently at scale – its new trading system is expected to manage the complexities. There are 14 licensed distribution network operators (DNOs) in Britain and each is responsible for a regional distribution services area. The 14 DNOs are owned by six different groups. The DNO groups and individual DNOs are: Electricity North West Limited, Northern Powergrid, Northern Powergrid (Northeast) Limited, Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc, Scottish and Southern Energy, Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc, Southern Electric Power Distribution plc, ScottishPower Energy Networks, SP Distribution Ltd, SP Manweb plc, UK Power Networks, London Power Networks plc, South Eastern Power Networks plc, Eastern Power Networks plc, Western Power Distribution, Western Power Distribution (East Midlands) plc; Western Power Distribution (West Midlands) plc; Western Power Distribution (South West) plc and Western Power Distribution (South Wales) plc. A number of DSOs are to take part in the trial, probably in late Autumn 2017, suggest reports. Earlier this year, UK Power Networks launched tenders for customer flexibility in 10 areas in London, East Anglia and the South East.
T 8 SEPTEMBER‐OCTOBER 2017 UK POWER NEWS
he UK Government has granted £412,000 for a new online marketplace for local electricity flexibility trading. The hub, to be developed by Open Utility, is expected to
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36
